The Black Swan Behind (Beauty of Fire)

Chapter 234

234 Group of Female Entertainer

“Gosh..” Poppy let out a long sigh. “I could never forget the feeling of being trapped in that nightmare.” She said with a traumatized face. “When I had to let my body be seen and touched by men against my will, and knowing that I couldn’t run away from that place. I felt like I just want to die. The number of female workers in this place is far more than those who worked for Hell Gate. If it’s true that this is forced labour, then those behind all of this must be powerful people.”

“Beast Empire. I heard the leader is..”

“Hi, ladies,” Suddenly a group of men approached their table.

Emma immediately stopped talking and looked up with furrowed brows at the five men who were giving faces as if they were the most good-looking men in the world.

“You girls are cute. How about you four join us? We’ll treat you some nice drinks,” Said the man standing near Emma. He was wearing a jeans jacket. There was a scar forming a straight line on one of his eyebrows, which was either a real scar or a fake one.

“Sorry. We’re not interested.” Kathy said with a forced, cynical smile.

“Not interested, huh? Haha.. Is it because of your faces? How arrogant,” Said one of them.

“Hey, what’s your name? I think I’ve seen your face somewhere.” One of the other men asked Poppy.

“Sorry, but can you guys leave us? You’re disturbing our comfort.” Emma said, giving stern in her voice.

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“Comfort?” The man repeated, then chuckled. “We really can provide you with unimaginable comfort. Just play with us. You won’t regret it.”

“Emma,” Rachel gently nudged Emma’s arm from under the table. Then she glanced at one of the men.

Emma squinted her eyes slightly at the point Rachel’s eyes were looking at. It was the collar part of the jackets worn by the men. There were small patches with the Beast Empire logo on them.

“Oh! Shit!” The man who had been talking to Poppy covered his mouth with one hand in a quick motion, as if he had come across something very shocking. “I know! Aren’t you the porn star at catlanguagedictionary.com?!”

“Ha! Damn it! You’re right!” His friend said with a big laugh.

In an instant, Poppy’s face turned red. She immediately hung her face in shame. The men were talking so loudly that the people at other tables began to notice them.

“Stop that! Your presence bothers us. Are you guys a nuisance?” Rachel hissed, rising from her chair. The girl had a height of 178CM, almost the same as the men.

“You girls can still be cocky? Hey, tell me. Are you a porn star too? Are you the big girl type?” He laughed.

“Oh. How funny,” Emma said with a cynical smile. Her voice instantly made the men stop and stare at her. “Looks like you guys are loyal viewers of that kind of porn site. You even memorized the faces of the actress and equated random stranger girls with those who are always in your dirty fantasies. You guys surely have to look for girlfriends. So you don’t have to watch porn or harass just any girl in public.”

Emma’s words instantly made Kathy laugh and clapped amazedly. “Maybe the money they have is enough to subscribe to porn sites or treat girls with cheap drinks only?” She added.

Now it was Emma and Kathy who deliberately spoke loudly in their light voices. This made the other customers who were there laugh. The group of men became embarrassed at the impudent words of the rude, pretty girls.

“How dare you! You don’t know who we are, do you?!” Snapped the man who had a scar on the eyebrow.

Emma nodded. “Of course we do. Isn’t it obvious that you guys are bullies?”

“You shouldn’t have to ask again.” Rachel chuckled.

“Bitch! I’ll teach you a lesson. You’ll see!” The man growled.

“Should we ask back if you know who we are?” Emma said mockingly.

“You should be grateful that you are women. And those faces are saving you right now.” One of the men hissed. “Come on. We don’t have to waste our time on these cheap girls.” he walked away, followed by his friends.

“Jerks,” Kathy growled as she looked at the men who had finally left their table.

“They are Beast Empire’s men.” Rachel said in a half-whisper.

“Are we in danger?” Poppy asked. Her face looked a little worried. But she knew that her friends were strong people.

“If they dare to touch us, then they are the ones in danger.” Emma smiled.

“We have to be just a little careful. I think they’re going to do something to us.” Rachel said.

“It seems so. We must prepare ourselves,” Emma answered.

Emma and Rachel’s predictions came true when they leave the shop to head home. They found the men still waiting for them near the shop.

“Kathy. I need you to drive the car. Can you?” Emma said quietly as they walked, as if not realizing the men were following them.

“Sure,” Kathy brought her hand close to Emma’s furtively. Then Emma swiftly gave her car keys to her.

But an unexpected event disrupted their plans. When they were about to go into the dark alley, a group of women in sexy outfits passed them.

“Huh?” Emma immediately looked back to see the women’s backs.

“Isn’t that..” Poppy covered her mouth. She also saw something strange about the group of women.

“Isn’t that Britney?” Rachel asked quickly.

“What are you doing?” Kathy asked because she saw her friends suddenly stop walking. She glanced at the men who were following them. The men immediately pretended to look the other way.

“Didn’t you see it? Britney is in that group of female entertainers who just walked by.” Poppy whispered.

“What?!” Kathy’s eyes widened.

“Britney works here. I can’t believe this. We have to find this out,” Rachel said.

Emma nodded once. “We have to split up. Kathy, you come with me. Rachel and Poppy, follow them.”

“Looks like they’re heading for the toilet,” Rachel said quickly.

“We split up at the toilet door,” Emma said immediately. “Poppy, call me when you’re in the toilet and talking to Britney.”

“Okay.” Poppy nodded.

Then the four girls immediately changed their destination. They followed the group of six women. Just as Rachel had predicted, the group of women headed for the toilet.

Silently, Kathy looked back. “Those guys are nowhere to be seen. Looks like they’d stopped following us.”

“They think we realized they were following us,” Rachel replied.

“Stick to the plan, guys. Britney might be in trouble.”

Poppy pulled her cell phone out of her bag and tried to call someone. “Hello, Linda? Are you with Britney?” She asked as soon as the call was answered.

As they walked, the three girls’ ears focused on Poppy who was calling Linda.

“You can’t reach her? Being weird?” Poppy said. Then she nodded. “Nothing. I’ll hang up, okay?” She lowered her phone.

“Linda said Britney has been weird for the last three days. And since this morning, she couldn’t be contacted at all. There’s something wrong with her.” Poppy told her friends.

“That’s the toilet. Kathy, you come with me.” Emma said before they reached the door and immediately turned elsewhere with Kathy.

“Those guys aren’t following us anymore. What are we going to do, Emma?” Kathy asked.

“You brought your mask, didn’t you?” Emma asked as she looked left and right. They were now next to a deserted public restroom building. There were people passing by in front of them, so they had to speak in a whisper.

Kathy nodded, “They’re in the bag, as you asked me to.”

“Good. Get ready to wear it,” Emma said as she took her cell phone out of her bag. She waited for a call from Poppy. Not long after, a call came in and Emma immediately picked it up.

in the toilet,

Rachel and Poppy, who had just entered the female toilet, pretended they didn’t know anything. Their eyes continued to study the big enough toilet.

Inside the toilet, several entertainer women were using the toilet facilities. Some were lined up in front of the toilet cubicle and some were using the sinks. But Britney was nowhere to be seen. Maybe she was in one of the toilet cubicles.

But out of it all, there was one person that caught Poppy and Rachel’s attention. It was a woman who looked quite old even with heavy makeup and sexy clothes warped her body.

They exchanged glances, able to read each other’s thoughts. They could tell that the woman in the bright red dress was the madam or the brothel chief who took care of the entertainer. She was leaning against the wall beside the sink, smoking a cigarette.

“Hurry up! The guests will be here in thirty minutes.” Said the madam as smoke came out of her mouth.

“Okay, Madam.” The girls answered.

From the faces of the entertainer women, it was clear that they were frightened. Even though heavy make-up stuck to their faces, their eyes and gestures couldn’t lie. They were being pressured.

“After the porn site shut down, I don’t have another job,” Poppy suddenly said to Rachel as she took out a lipstick from her bag. Inside, her cell phone was already connected to Emma.

Rachel stared at the petite girl with a confused face for a few seconds. But the looks in Poppy’s eyes that looked normal to people who didn’t know them, immediately made Rachel understand what she meant.